News overview

On Friday 23 January 2026, the new ESB dossier "Nieuwe Energie" was presented at an inspiring symposium on the economic perspectives of the energy transition.

Aart Gerritsen raises serious objections to VNO-NCW’s call to switch to a realisation-based capital gains tax in Box 3.

The mobility transition is reshaping cities as micro‑mobility grows in popularity, bringing new challenges such as parking correctly.

Matthijs Korevaar argues that difficult political decisions are required to solve the housing shortage in the Netherlands. 

According to Robert Dur, tipping prompts at chechout are no coincide: such choices tap directly into human behaviour.

Current PhD candidate Igo Dobbe of Erasmus School of Economics has won the Jan Brouwer Thesis Award 2026 in the category of Economics and Business Economics.

Clément Bellet, Assistant Professor in the field of marketing at Erasmus School of Economics, explains this mechanism in The Washington Post.

The Dutch labour market is entering troubled waters as the number of unemployment benefit claims and overall unemployment have increased.

With sadness, we have learned of the passing of Professor Emeritus Hans Gortemaker on 10 January 2026. He died at the age of 77.

Top athlete Elise de Jong wanted to take on the challenge and decided to combine her top-level sporting career with studying at university.